synchronize

WOTD – 2 October 2006    

English

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Alternative forms

• synchronise (Commonwealth English)

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪːz/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪz/

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Verb

synchronize (third-person singular simple present synchronizes, present participle synchronizing, simple past and past participle synchronized)

1. (transitive) To cause two or more events to happen at exactly the same time, at the same rate, or in a time-coordinated way. To harmonize in regard to time.
2. (intransitive) To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
   • De Quincey

     The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity.

Derived terms

terms derived from synchronize

synchronisation/synchronization synch synchroniser/synchronizer sync synchrony

synchronicity synchicity synchronized swimming synchronized skating

Related terms

• SMIL

Translations

cause two events to have coordinated timing

• Catalan: sincronitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同步 (cmn) (tóngbù), 同步化 (cmn) (tóngbùhuà)

• Czech: synchronizovat (cs)
• Danish: synkronisere (da)
• Dutch: synchroniseren (nl)
• Finnish: synkronoida (fi), tahdistaa (fi)
• French: synchroniser (fr)
• Galician: sincronizar (gl)
• German: synchronisieren (de)

• Greek: συγχρονίζω (el) (synchronízo) 
• Italian: sincronizzare (it)
• Japanese: 同調する (ja) (どうちょうする, dōchō suru), 同期する (ja) (どうきする, dōki suru), シンクロナイズさせる (ja) (shinkuronaizu saseru)
• Polish: synchronizować (pl)
• Portuguese: sincronizar (pt)
• Romanian: sincroniza (ro)
• Russian: синхронизировать (ru) (sinxronizirovátʹ)  impf. / pf.
• Spanish: sincronizar (es)
• Swedish: synkronisera (sv)
• Turkish: senkronize etmek (tr)